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and if you never bleed, you're never gonna grow by metalisthewaymydudes
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
18 Feb 2026
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When Arthur swayed slightly, Merlin and Freya caught him at the same time. All three stilled.
Arthur huffed faintly and cleared his throat.
“We make each other alive,” he recited softly.
“Does it matter if it hurts?”Freya smiled. Merlin did too, his hand lingering at Arthur’s back.
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- Part 20 of maybe in another life
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but i'm a fire and i'll keep your brittle heart warm by metalisthewaymydudes
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
17 Feb 2026
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The moon had cycled.
Merlin arrived in the gray, bruised light of pre-dawn. He was covered in the dust of three kingdoms, his cloak torn, his eyes stinging with exhaustion. In his satchel, wrapped in dragon-etched silk, the egg pulsed with a faint, rhythmic heat.
He didn't go to the Physician’s chambers. Instinct, sharp and unerring, pulled him toward the King’s wing. He expected to find Arthur slumped over his desk, or perhaps staring out at the ramparts.
He didn't expect the silence.
Merlin pushed the door open. The hearth glowed low, a dull red. On the bed, Arthur lay on his back, arm flung across the covers. Curled into the crook of that arm, not a woman, but a small, midnight shadow, was Freya. Her tail draped over Arthur’s wrist. His fingers were loosely curled near her ears. They looked like survivors washed up on the same lonely shore.
Merlin froze in the doorway, the heavy dragon egg forgotten for a moment against his hip. A lump formed in his throat, thick and painful. He had asked Arthur to look after her. He had asked Freya to look after Arthur.
He hadn't realized they would have to become one single, breathing thing just to endure his departure.
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- Part 16 of maybe in another life
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i can see you starin', honey, like you'd get your knuckles bloody for me by metalisthewaymydudes
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
16 Feb 2026
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Freya tilted her head slightly. Then she advanced. Fast. Blade striking high, then low, then high again, forcing him back a step. Arthur parried cleanly, adrenaline sharpening everything. He grinned.
This was not indulgence.
This was not courtesy.
She was fighting him.
“I watch the spars,” Freya said quietly as their blades scraped. “Yours.”
Arthur blinked.
It was the smallest mistake.
The smallest distraction.
She took it.
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- Part 14 of maybe in another life
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He stood and turned toward the trees. Waiting.
“Go,” Freya said, nodding toward the forest.
Arthur stilled. A flicker of something sharpened behind his eyes. She held his gaze. Arthur exhaled once, then disappeared into the trees. Freya counted to sixty before following.
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- Part 10 of maybe in another life
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Freya noticed before anyone else.
The hunting patrols along the outer walls doubled.
Not officially.
Subtly.
She saw new bootprints in the northern treeline, too heavy for common foot soldiers. Noble guards.
Messengers rode at hours when the gates should have been quiet.
Horses were changed in private stables rather than public ones.
Supply carts shifted routes.
It smelled wrong.
Not like war.
Like preparation.
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- Part 9 of maybe in another life
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“I… I have magic.”
The words settled between them. Arthur let the silence stretch, watching the courage it had cost Merlin to speak them aloud.
Arthur had watched him bleed in his name.
Watched him drag him from the forest after that ambush, shoulders straining, refusing to leave him behind.
Watched him stand in council chambers full of men who would have burned him alive.
“Well,” Arthur said at last, a small, warm smile tugging at his lips, “that one was long overdue.”
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- Part 7 of maybe in another life
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“You tested me.”
She did not look away.
“I needed to know.”
Arthur studied her.
Not a court ornament.
Not merely Merlin’s comfort.
A tactician.
She had weighed a kingdom and decided whether it was safe to stand in.
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- Part 8 of maybe in another life
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Long before dragons flew freely above Camelot’s towers, there were rebellions written in choice.
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- Part 6 of maybe in another life
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- 666
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The latch clicked open with a subtle flash of gold in his eyes.
Cold air swept in, Arthur only adjusted his papers.
A sleek black cat slipped inside, shaking frost from her fur before padding forward with unhurried familiarity. She brushed against Merlin’s leg first, tail high.
Then she stilled.
Amber eyes fixed on Arthur.
She crossed the room and bumped gently against his boot.
Arthur blinked.
“…Is that Freya?”
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- Part 11 of maybe in another life
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'cause you're my king and i'm your lionheart by metalisthewaymydudes
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
08 Feb 2026
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The moment Arthur disappeared between the trees, the silence thickened.
Another rumble. Closer now.
Merlin lowered his voice. “Freya. Please. Let me help.”
She finally faced him fully.
And there was no fury in her expression.
Only hurt.
“You think I need guarding.”
“I think I cannot lose you.”
The lion burst from the brush. Instinct took over.
Freya loosed her first arrow, clean, precise. The arrow left her bow in the same breath the beast crossed the clearing. It struck deep, just behind the shoulder. The lion staggered but did not fall, momentum carrying it forward, fury burning brighter than pain.
It charged.
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- Part 13 of maybe in another life
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all of this silence and patience, pining and anticipation by metalisthewaymydudes
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
03 Feb 2026
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Freya exhaled softly beside him, some tension easing from her shoulders. She leaned forward, pressing her forehead briefly to Merlin’s. Arthur’s chest tightened at the quiet intimacy of it; it wasn’t meant for him, and yet, he couldn’t look away.
“Come back to us,” she murmured.
“I will,” Merlin promised. “I always do.”
Arthur watched them, the way they fit together so easily, so completely. It hurt in the dull, familiar way, manageable, if he didn’t dwell too long on it.
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- Part 15 of maybe in another life
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For centuries, Merlin wandered a world that no longer felt like his own. Plastic was flooding the oceans, the skies were growing hotter and the last traces of magic slowly turned into memories. He waited lifetimes for Arthur’s return, clinging to a promise that never came. When a mysterious stranger appears with an impossible offer, Merlin is given one final chance to rewrite the past: one more chance to fix all that went wrong the first time around.
But destiny is not so easily rewritten and it turns out saving the world, or Arthur, is a lot harder than it seems.
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Three times Morgana sees Arthur: first as a mischievous boy, then as a clever king, and finally as a man in love.
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- Part 1 of maybe in another life
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"Let him think I hate him. If that’ll stop him from risking his neck for me over and over again, then it’s a sacrifice I don’t have to think twice about."
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Arthur finds out Merlin has magic. He also finds out how often Merlin risked his life for him and so, he does the only thing he can think of to protect him: banishment.
Hurt and angry, Merlin leaves and swears to not look back.
But, when two years pass and Morgana shows up at Merlin’s door, urging him to fill Gaius’ position as Court Physician, Merlin agrees. He really doesn’t know why, but Arthur is sure Merlin would do just about anything to get on his nerves.
Unprepared for the shock of seeing Merlin back in the castle, Arthur is forced to speed along his plans to lift the ban on magic. But between stubborn councilors, a mysterious plague, a still angry Merlin, and Morgana being Morgana, Arthur is fairly certain he’ll lose his mind before the first year of his reign even ends.
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- Part 1 of All of You
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Merlin comes to Longstead. He is a physician (sort of), a magician (not out loud), a wanderer. What brings him to that particular village at that particular time, is none of these things. He has a task to fulfill, and it's not his destiny. His destiny is not his business.
He’s stretched out on a bank of grass, out beyond the village wall.
Merlin is looking for plants that can be both magical and quiescent, he can make something innocuous seeming, betulia, belladonna. With the right spell, he can prolong the lives of the men and women laid out in village behind him. He will keep to himself just how close to the brink many of the villagers are. He can feel it, the edge of something encroaching, something ending, the smell of flesh.
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- Part 1 of There Were Dragons, Once
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I've Been Known To Sell My Soul For Less by BeBraveDearHeart for EachPeachPearPlum
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
13 Dec 2025
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"Gwaine..."
"Mm?"
"Tell me this isn't just some Christmas spirit thing you're doing to make yourself feel better."
"I'm not festive enough to do much of anything in the name of Christmas spirit. Especially not setting an alarm at 6am when I don't have to.
Paramedic Gwaine takes a leap of faith.
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My answer to Tumblr's @merthurmicrofic prompt: Devotion
Never in his life, had Arthur witnessed devotion as deeply as this.
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- Part 4 of Mia Answers Merthur Prompts
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Merlin pulls another bushel of wormwood from the jar and sets it in the mortar again. He rereads the medicinal text for the fifth time, and then slowly begins crushing the herb again. This time, he envisions folding his magic back into his skin in the way he’s seen Cook fold batter for cakes. Gentle motions in time with the turn of the pestle. The ever present buzz of his magic begins to fade from his ears as he adds drops of pine-sap and watered down honey.
It's only when his magic has subdued somewhat, that he notices the other person in the room.Arthur.
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this is a companion piece of "to watch the light of your eyes" from Merlin's POV
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- Part 2 of oh to be near you
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Percival is a gentle giant who’d never dream of hurting anyone, but good intentions can only go so far. When a mishap sends one of Percival’s partners into Merlin’s care, he decides that as a physician, he has to take a more active role in making sure the man doesn’t accidentally overwhelm any future partners faced with his rather intimidating size. It doesn’t take long before he realizes Percival has a lot to learn.
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Merlin gives Percival a very hands-on sexual education class featuring the importance of preparation, communication, and anatomy.
Day 22: Size Queen - Sex Education - Stretching
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- Part 22 of Merlin Kinktober 2025
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[Podfic] Cockatrice Venom by Flowerparrish Pods (Flowerparrish) for RangerJedi67
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
21 Oct 2025
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[Audio Length: 10:33]
On a quest through the Forest of Balor to recover the leaves of the Mortaeus flower, Percival and Arthur encounter a cockatrice.
Podfic of Cockatrice Venom by gremlinbehaviour (Onehelluvapilot).
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- Part 13 of Pod-O-Ween 2025